12530 - Programme Facilitator - Bicester (South Central) Outcome in a Day

Ministry of Justice; Bicester; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in the United Kingdom is seeking a Programmes Facilitator to deliver rehabilitation interventions within the Probation Service. This role involves engaging with individuals to reduce reoffending through structured programs. Candidates will need to communicate effectively, monitor participant progress, and work within safeguarding policies. Flexibility to work evenings and manage group dynamics is essential. Successful applicants will contribute to individuals' rehabilitation by helping them develop constructive lives in the community.

Qualifications

• Passionate about rehabilitation and group work.
• Experience with vulnerable populations preferred.
• Willingness to work unsocial hours including evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Deliver interventions in group and individual settings.
• Monitor and manage group dynamics effectively.
• Liaise with Probation Practitioners regarding participants' progress.

Skills

Confident communication

Group work facilitation

Monitoring and feedback

Team collaboration

Risk assessment

Safeguarding knowledge

Job description

Are you a confident communicator? Are you passionate about rehabilitation and the benefits of group work? Could you help people make meaningful and sustained changes in their lives? If so, then a career as a Programmes Facilitator in the Probation Service in South Central could be for you.

Providing interventions to people who engage in harmful behaviour to help reduce their likelihood of reoffending is an important part of our work in HMPPS. Accredited Programmes aim to support people in our care to strengthen and develop skills and behaviour to enable greater choice and capacity to lead a more constructive, meaningful and crime free future.

Requirements of the Programme Facilitator Role Include:

• Training in the delivery of groupwork programmes as outlined in the Accredited Programme and Structured Interventions Manuals and in keeping with the core concepts of group work delivery.
• Delivering programme sessions to groups or individuals
• Monitoring group participants’ progress, providing participants with feedback, and ensuring this is recorded on relevant systems.
• Working as a team to support performance targets and programme integrity requirements.
• Working alongside Treatment Managers to contribute to the assessment of risk, protective factors and treatment targets of those attending groups.
• Undertaking regular training, feedback and development sessions and workshops.
• Liaising with Probation Practitioners, Domestic Abuse Safety Officers and partner agencies to share information on progress, risk and needs.
• Identifying and taking the necessary action to protect children and vulnerable adults and promote their welfare in accordance with safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Required to work up to 3 ‘unsociable’ sessions per week (evenings and/or Saturday)
• Delivering groups from various delivery venues across the South Central Region Including: Bicester

The majority of our Programmes are delivered in the evening and therefore evening work is essential in this role. You will also travel to different locations to your office base to deliver these programmes. Travel expenses can be claimed.

Overview of the job

The job holder will deliver a range of rehabilitation interventions aimed at changing the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviour of people on probation with a full range of offence types and a full range of levels of risks (including those convicted of sexual and domestic abuse offences), as determined by sentences of the Courts and on the recommendation of Probation Practitioners.

The main objectives of this role are to reduce re‑offending, protect the public, prevent future victims and rehabilitation to help people to build constructive and meaningful lives in the community, through the delivery of effective evidence based Accredited Programmes and Structured Interventions.

There will be a requirement to regularly work unsocial hours (including evenings and weekends).

Summary

The job holder will be delivering interventions in groups, however dependent on the intervention can be delivered in 1:1 sessions or remotely (including working with individuals with learning disabilities and challenges) in line with operational manuals and organisational policies.

The post holder will liaise and feedback to Probation Practitioners and other agencies in regard to people on probation’s progress, work needed and/or concerns within a group. They will contribute to the overall assessment of risk and need related to offending to address this.

Responsibilities, Activities & Duties

• Responsible for the planning and delivery of Interventions in a group or on an individual basis to people on probation. The post holder will develop and build a therapeutic and safe working environment for the duration of the programme, in line with operational manuals taking into account different learning styles and abilities.
• Will adhere to PS statutory responsibility for safeguarding (Children and Adult) and multi‑agency public protection policies to manage all risks of serious harm.
• Will manage group dynamics and a range of complexities and needs of people on probation, to ensure effective targeting of the intervention and that the learning outcomes are achieved. Responsible for addressing any problematic behaviour within groups.
• Responsible for continually monitoring and making informed, evidenced recommendations around suitability, risk, safety and wellbeing of people on probation throughout the intervention (pre, during and post), to inform future sentence management.
• Will be responsible for completing timely and accurate recording of all relevant data; attendance, feedback, risk issues, and relevant reports, that meet quality assurance requirements.
• Responsible for liaising and providing timely and appropriate communication and analysis of people on probation’s progress on the intervention or concerns within a group, with the relevant staff or stakeholders (Courts, Criminal Justice Agencies etc) responsible for enforcement and risk management plans.
• Deliver, workshops and briefings to Probation staff and external stakeholders on the range, purpose and content of interventions available.
• Demonstrate pro‑social modelling skills by consistently reinforcing pro‑social behaviour and attitudes and challenging anti‑social behaviour and attitudes.
• Will take part in regular video monitoring feedback sessions to ensure audit standards are adhered to and to review and reflect on their own practice and implement advised professional development.

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive.